Goh Lay Khim v Isabel Redrup Agency Pte Ltd

JurisdictionSingapore
JudgeSundaresh Menon CJ,Chao Hick Tin JA,Andrew Phang Boon Leong JA,Judith Prakash JA,Tay Yong Kwang JA
Judgment Date10 February 2017
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)
Docket NumberCivil Appeals Nos 54 and 55 of 2016
Date10 February 2017

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5 cases
  • Lee Tat Development Pte Ltd v MCST Plan No 301
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 17 August 2018
    ...underlying policy rationale. As noted by this court in Goh Lay Khim and others v Isabel Redrup Agency Pte Ltd and another appeal [2017] 1 SLR 546 (“Goh Lay Khim”) at [66], absolute privilege covers statements made in the course of judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, even those which are......
  • Gao Shuchao v Tan Kok Quan and others
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 11 May 2018
    ...out of personal spite and vengeance towards the plaintiff (at [304]–[309]). Similarly, in Goh Lay Khim v Isabel Redrup Agency Pte Ltd [2017] 1 SLR 546 (“Goh Lay Khim”), the court analysed the correspondence between the parties, finding that the messages sent by the defendant painted “an ove......
  • Due 3-10-2022 Goj-Ba-22Ncvc-58-02-2021 Evergreen More Sdn Bhd-Deft-Perayu
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 March 2023
    ...the decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal in the case of Goh Lay Khim and Others v. Isabel Redrup Agency Pte Ltd and another appeal [2017] SGCA 11; 1 SLR 546 which had the occasion to deal with the definition of “effective cause” in a claim by an agent for fees where it ‘[37] No precise......
  • Siah Chee Ming v Acecom Technologies Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 10 April 2019
    ...commission agreement. The Defendant has sought to rely on the Court of Appeal decision of Goh Lay Khim v Isabel Redrup Agency Pte Ltd [2017] 1 SLR 546, in support of his submission that in the absence of a contractual term governing the right to receive a commission, the court would imply a......
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4 books & journal articles
  • ENLARGED PANELS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2019, December - January 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...Club Auto Emporium Pte Ltd v Yeo Boong Hua [2019] 1 SLR 214; BOM v BOK [2019] 1 SLR 349. 30 Goh Lay Khim v Isabel Redrup Agency Pte Ltd [2017] 1 SLR 546; ACB v Thomson Medical Pte Ltd [2017] 1 SLR 918; Hii Chii Kok v Ooi Peng Jin London Lucien [2017] 2 SLR 492; Ng Huat Seng v Munib Mohammad......
  • Tort Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2017, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...4 SLR 819. 29 [2017] 5 SLR 1. 30 [2013] 4 SLR 308. 31 See OBG Ltd v Allan [2005] QB 762 (on appeal at OBG Ltd v Allan [2008] 1 AC 1). 32 [2017] 1 SLR 546. 33 [2003] 3 SLR(R) 146. 34 [1991] 1 SLR(R) 169. 35 [1997] 3 SLR(R) 576. 36 [2003] EMLR 11. 37 (1997) 145 ALR 682. 38 [2009] QB 407. 39 [......
  • Admiralty and Shipping Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2020, December 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...88 SAR Maritime Agencies (Pvt) Ltd v PCL (Shipping) Pte Ltd [2020] 1 SLR 896 at [28]. See Goh Lay Khim v Isabel Redrup Agency Pte Ltd [2017] 1 SLR 546 at [33]. 89 SAR Maritime Agencies (Pvt) Ltd v PCL (Shipping) Pte Ltd [2020] 1 SLR 896 at [29]. Raoul Colinvaux, Carver's Carriage by Sea vol......
  • Book Review PRACTITIONERS' GUIDE ON DAMAGES AWARDED FOR DEFAMATION CASES IN SINGAPORE 1 Salina Ishak & Clement Julien Tan eds
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2020, December - January 2020
    • 1 December 2020
    ...Nan v Life Publisher Berhad [2004] 7 MLJ 7 at [50] on exemplary damages in defamation. 5 Goh Lay Khim v Isabel Redrup Agency Pte Ltd [2017] 1 SLR 546. 6 See Chan Boon Siang v Jasmin Nisban [2018] 3 SLR 498; Lee Hsien Loong v Leong Sze Hian [2019] SGHC 66; and Leong Sze Hian v Lee Hsien Loon......